Hi @sueleerock, please allow me to explain. We encourage Connect members to not share their contact information on the public forum. Instead we suggest you use the private message functionality to share personal contact information. To send a private message, simply click on a member's username and click send a private message.

I appreciate your willingness to share your email publicly. However, as Ethan said, when you share information on the forum you not only help the people participating in this discussion, but also the hundreds of people who read it and have not yet posted. Your messages give readers the confidence to post because they see the value of the support, experience and information shared.

Please see the Community Guidelines (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/about-connect/tab/community-guidelines/) outlining how to use the public forum safely.